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Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
July 31, 2000
A longtime rumor is still bubbling up.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 19, 2000
Only one verified case of an adult male passenger's using an article of women's clothing to secu ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 18, 2000
Legend holds that the first use of 'SOS' was by the Titanic, but ships had already been employin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 10, 2000
When a sarcastic wisecrack becomes fact, print the legend.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 5, 2000
A warning alerts social media users that Facebook is about to cancel their accounts if they don' ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 4, 2000
The legend of non-Jewish Danes donning yellow stars in solidarity with Jews during the Nazi occu ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
June 30, 2000
A chain email purports to explain Manson's macabre brand.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 23, 2000
Rumor holds that the 1980s sitcom 'Joanie Loves Chachi' garnered tremendous ratings in Korea due ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
June 22, 2000
Did Cher have ribs removed to make her waist smaller? Did anybody?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 15, 2000
Tall tales were common biographical elements in teen magazine articles about 1960s pop stars.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 12, 2000
Long-standing crime warning holds that thieves are trolling parking lots and rendering their vic ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 2000
The FBI spent years and untold amounts of money investigating a salacious rumor that they could ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 7, 2000
Is the U.S. Postal Service discontinuing the Martin Luther King stamp?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 2, 2000
Did Jimi Hendrix announce on the 'Tonight Show' that Phil Keaggy was the world's greatest guitarist?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 31, 2000
"A false rumor that has plagued the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the aluminum industry f ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 31, 2000
Did The New England Journal of Medicine claim that ogling women's breasts is good for a man's he ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 29, 2000
Rumor has it that the tiny initials "JS" on every U.S. dime stand for "Josef Stalin."
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 24, 2000
The American Cancer Society is not aware of any evidence that shows substances in deodorants or ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 22, 2000
A classic "warning against technology" tale.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 20, 2000
You can't believe everything you read -- no matter when it may have been published.
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